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Subject: Re: [HudsonRV] WOOD
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 18:50:47 EST

William,
Here is something I saved from my RI List from a wonderful lady that
posts things from old books.
My 4th g.grandmother was Elce WOOD who m. James PHILLIPS. They moved to
New Berlin, Chenango Co., NY after the Rev. War and we all stayed here. Let
me know if any of this is familiar to you and if the below message helps you.
If it does, you might want to join the RI Mailing List. I do have some more
information on my Elce Wood, including a poem she wrote when she was 102. It
is beautiful. I also visit her grave in New Berlin and I have digital
pictures of that if you would like them.
Regards, Elaine see below:

Date: 11/6/01 6:30:32 PM Pacific Standard Time
To:

from
"Illustrated History of Pawtucket, Central Falls and Vicinity" (Rhode
Island, USA)
by Henry R. Caufield, 1897

"Biographies of Prominent Citizens"
pp. 482 - 484:

"WOOD, Alanson Pitcher, was born in Smithfield, R. I., Jan. 31, 1837, and
was the first child of Henry B. and Eliza (Gage) Wood. He attended the
public schools of Central Falls and Pawtucket until he was 19 years old when
he obtained a position with a wholesale lumber house in Providence. In 1858
he formed a partnership with his father, Henry B. Wood, and Gideon C. Smith
under the name of the Central Falls Lumber Co. In 1865 Mr. Wood and his
brother Anthony G. Wood, purchased the interest of Mr. Smith, and his
father, Mr. Wood, and carried on the business until 1878, when their father
again became a partner, and the firm was thereafter known as H. B. Wood &
Co. His father died in 1886, and in 1891 Anthony died, since which time Mr.
Wood has carried on the business himself under the old firm name.

Mr. Wood is a charter member of Washington Lodge, K. of P.; and of Superior
Lodge, I. O. O. F., Central Falls; and he is also a Free Mason. In politics
he is a Republican. He attends the Central Falls Baptist church on Broad
street. May 28, 1863, he was married to Lydia A. Thurber, of Seekonk, Mass.

On both his father's and his mother's side Mr. Wood is descended from old
New England families. His maternal grandfather, Anthony Gage, who was a sea
captain for many years, was b. in 1763, and d. in 1831. His grandmother on
his mother's side was b. at Harwich, Mass., Feb. 18, 1779, and d. in Central
Falls in 1869. His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Wood, was b. Nov. 20,
1778, and spent his life in tilling the soil, dying at Attleboro, Mass.,
Sept. 16, 1860. His grandmother on his father's side, Betsey Wood, was b.
June 30, 1780, and d. Jan. 23, 1864. It will thus be seen that his family
are remarkable for longevity. His father, Henry B. Wood, the well-known
lumber dealer of Central Falls, was b. in Rehoboth, Mass., Feb. 14, 1803,
and d. in Central Falls, Sept. 27, 1886. The mother of Mr. Wood was Eliza
Gage, b. in Harwich, Mass., Dec. 11, 1809, and was a member of the Gage
family of that place. She died in Central Falls, Oct. 27, 1878. Mr. Wood
seems to be in the enjoyment of perfect health and bids fair to attain as
great an age as his grandparents.

At the outbreak of the rebellion he enlisted in the 9th Rhode Island
regiment in the second three months' contingent. He was promoted to be
corporal and served and returned with the company. He was a member of a
company of zouaves in Pawtucket before he went to the war. Mr. Wood was
born on the site of his present residence, which was then in the town of
Smithfield, subsequently Lincoln, now Central Falls. He lived in the
cottage he was born in until two years ago, when he moved the cottage and
built his present residence."

illustrations on facing page (page 483):
photos, Darius L. Goff, president and treasurer, D. Goff & Sons; Stephen
Whitaker, retired contractor and builder; J. Ellis White, dealer in real
estate; Alanson P. Wood, of H. S. Wood & Co., lumber, etc.

from the RI Historical Cemeteries Database Index:
WOOD, ALANSON P. - 30 DEC 1902 CF001
WOOD, ANTHONY 1843c - 20 JUL 1891 CF001

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Beth Hurd
Johnston, RI USA

http://www.the-hurds.com
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